Southeast Asia: actual problems of development

[Yugo-Vostochnaya Azia: aktualnye problemy razvitiya] ISSN 2072-8271

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Miazin Nikolai

Singapore: Asiatic Antioch of the Christian Church

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2023, №4(60), 253-264

Рубрика: СТРАНИЦЫ ИСТОРИИ

 
Annotation: Singapore was founded in 1819, with Protestant and Catholic missionaries working in the city from the beginning. In the first hundred years, the percentage of Christians grew to 5%, and over the next century to 19%, with most of the growth occurring at independence. State policy allowed the spread of Christianity, provided that religious figures did not participate in political life. Among the three major ethnic communities, the Chinese were the most favorably disposed to Christianity. Singapore is now a symbol of success and prosperity for the entire Southeast Asian region, international Christian conferences are held in Singapore, and the city's megachurches, which have serious organizational and financial resources, send missionaries to other countries.

Keywords: Christianity, Singapore, Protestantism, Pentecostalism, megachurches, missionaries, prosperity gospel

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